Everyday Japan

Since our holiday vacation, I've gotten a little lazy about carrying my camera around - so I nudged myself to take it today, and I'm glad I did.

I've been thinking about taking pictures of everyday things in Japan to show what's different. Here are two good examples, just from today:

Tokyo trash men wear these superclean uniforms, hard hats and gloves - and they jog beside the mini-trash truck as it goes from house to house. They must be the fittest trashmen on the planet!


And here's the Japanese mailman on a motorbike! They zip along this city's winding streets and sometimes sprint from the bike to the mailbox and back.



Not your typical civil servants.